Show threadKroc Camen14h ago

Currently slumming it on the train…

#psion #retrocomputing #writing #writersofmastodon #worldglass

Show threadCyningstan1d ago
Slain enemies in #Puluc for the #Psion are stacked up in the corner of the screen, beside your player image. When you capture the last free enemy piece, the game is over and you have won! A running score is kept, so you can see how you perform against various enemies. Get Puluc for the #PsionSeries3 from https://cyningstan.itch.io/puluc
Show threadHeliopolitan2d ago
I did balls-up my leather cover however, so I have used my old staple of bookbinding tape in the interim... #Psion
Heliopolitan2d ago

My Psion Series 7 is now *fixed* - temporary fuse bridging, awaiting a replacement 750mA fuse. It joins the happy ranks of @thelastpsion's Netbook in being fully operational. For those at the back, these are fabulous Distraction-Free Writing Devices (DFWDs) - if you have one sitting at the back of a drawer, *get it out*! And if it doesn't work, *we can fix it* (well, we can try...)

#Psion #Netbook #DFWD #retrocomputing #permacomputing

The Last Psion | Alex2d ago

At long long last, my blog is up and running!

https://thelastpsion.com

I'll be bringing all of my old hackaday.io posts over as soon as I can, with some updates and annotations.

It'll mostly be about my #Psion adventures, but I'll also be posting information about the myriad sidequests I'll be going on.

Thanks to #CodebergPages for hosting it, along with https://psion.community.

The Last Psion

WARNING: Will sidequest

The Last Psion
Itamar Reiner2d ago
PLP391_2: Gorazd Foronesti #art #MastoArt #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #Photoshop #Sketch #SpeedPaint #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Character #Psion #DeepnightRevelation
The Last Psion | Alex2d ago

One of my many sidequests is to try to get #NetBSD running on one of my #Psion Series 5mx machines. But I have a few issues/thoughts:

  • I'm struggling to find instructions on how to do this. (Can you help, @netbsd ?)
  • Because I can't find any instructions (granted, I was very tired when I tried last night), I'm a little worried that no one has tried this for quite some time.
  • Both of my 5mx units and my working S5 are refusing to read any of my seven Compact Flash cards. Including the one that the netBook uses to boot. I have no idea how to fix that, and I don't really want to buy another 5mx as they ain't cheap.
  • The winning 5mx will get a RAM upgrade to 32MB. (Yes, that's doable.)

    • If I can get something working, then that will encourage others in the #PsionCommunity to try. So we might actually get people running a modern OS on Series 5 machines. Also, as there are a good number of programmers in that community, we might get more eyes on the code.

    Finally, if that all works out, then it might be possible to get it running on the (currently unsupported) netBook, too.

    #Psion5mx #retrocomputing

    The Last Psion | Alex4d ago

    I had a dead #Psion netBook.

    I say "had." It is no longer dead.

    There's a fuse on the mainboard of these machines that has a habit of blowing. Researching in conjunction with @heliopolitan, we found a potential replacement. They arrived today, and with my incredibly amateurish soldering skills (and nearly losing half the screws and a nut across the carpet), I now have a working netBook!

    #RetroComputing #EPOC32

    Kroc Camen4d ago

    The #Psion Community Discord coming out strong getting my Nomad (#worldglass) ebook on their handheld text-machine devices -- Psion 3mx (1998), Series 7 (2000) and 5mx (1999) -- some chunks of the book were written on a 5mx!

    Photos courtesy of dnastase, shanemuk, with permission.

    Show threadGary 5d ago

    How’s about that for raw computing power!

    #psion #retrocomputing